Okay, but Mendy before his ACL injury was looking world class and arguably a contender for the best LB in football.
Stones, prior to his life crisis it seems, was also looking top class and helped us win 100 points, and was a staple in the England defence.
Walker was also a good buy and also a staple for England until this last year.
Cancelo has been a bit more of a ? but lest we forget Bernardo was being heavily questioned by a good number of our fans during his first season, as was Fernandinho as far as I recall.
Laporte took some time as well, so let's not act like Cancelo was a huge problem. We also bought him because we needed a replacement who would fit for Danilo who wanted out, whilst Nico also wanted out. Nico only stayed because we had no replacement and Valencia wanted to steal him from us for nowhere near where we assessed his value.